From 8a7b72f7cd1ccd547a03eb4243294e741d661d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 08:30:37 +0100 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.12.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md (limited to 'packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md') diff --git a/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md b/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..511693b48 --- /dev/null +++ b/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# Uninstalling netdata + +Our self-contained uninstaller is able to remove netdata installations created with shell installer. It doesn't need any other netdata repository files to be run. All it needs is an .environment file, which is created during installation (with shell installer) and put in ${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/.environment (by default /etc/netdata/.environment). That file contains some parameters which are passed to our installer and which are needed during uninstallation process. Mainly two parameters are needed: +``` +NETDATA_PREFIX +NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS +``` + +A workflow for uninstallation looks like this: + +1. Find your .environment file +2. If you cannot find that file and would like to uninstall netdata, then create new file with following content: +``` +NETDATA_PREFIX="" # put what you used as a parameter to shell installed `--install` flag. Otherwise it should be empty +NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS="" # Additional groups for a user running netdata process +``` +3. Download [netdata-uninstaller.sh](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh) and run it as follows: `netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env `. The default `path_to_environment_file` is `/etc/netdata`, it's the location of the file `.environment` that is used by the uninstaller. + + +Note: This uninstallation method assumes previous installation with netdata-installer.sh or kickstart script. Currently using it when netdata was installed by a package manager can work or cause unexpected results. + +[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Finstaller%2FUNINSTALL&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]() -- cgit v1.2.3